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Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy in two patients with systemic lupus erythematosusDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, gerlinde.obermoser{at}uibk.ac.at
Department of Dermatology, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Department of Dermatology, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) is a novel fibrosing disorder of the skin with characteristic histopathology. It affects patients with impaired renal function and appears to be independent from the type of kidney disease. Its aetiopathology is unknown and presently no standard therapy exists. We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and glomerulonephritis who developed diffuse indurated erythematous plaques covering nearly the entire legs and trunk. She had never received dialysis. The second patient suffered from SLE and antiphospholipid syndrome related thrombotic glomerulopathy. After 10 weeks of haemodialysis she developed the same skin condition. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first reports of NFD occurring in patients with SLE.
Key Words: nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy scleromyxoedema-like SLE
Lupus, Vol. 13, No. 8,
609-612 (2004) This article has been cited by other articles:
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